Three Wogs: A Novel & Theroux Metaphrastes: An Essay on Literature -

Alexander Theroux

David R. Godine Publisher

1975

248 páginas

8h 16m

ISBN-10: 0879231416

Three Wogs is composed as a triptych, displaying three extravagantly archetypal Londoners, each of whom undergoes a fateful encounter with his own particular 'wog'.

'Wogs' is the disdainful British term for 'foreigners.' This novel is concerned with prejudices, cultural barriers, and language itself. In Theroux Metaphrastes, an Afterword specially written for the paperback edition, Alexander Theroux launches a spirited, witty defense of his literary style and his approach to fiction.